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This site contains over 2,000 news articles, legal briefs and publications related to for-profit companies that provide correctional services. Most of the content under the "Articles" tab below is from our Prison Legal News site. PLN, a monthly print publication, has been reporting on criminal justice-related issues, including prison privatization, since 1990. If you are seeking pleadings or court rulings in lawsuits and other legal proceedings involving private prison companies, search under the "Legal Briefs" tab. For reports, audits and other publications related to the private prison industry, search using the "Publications" tab.

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Publication • 2009
Corizon Employee Orientation Manual 2009 INTRODUCTION TO PRISON HEALTH SERVICES AND CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE Orientation Manual Revised 11.09 PageCOR 1 of 132 748 PRISON HEALTH SERVICES Prison ...
., 2008 WL 3285764, *3 (S.D. Ga. Aug. 8, 2008)(holding that even though the private prison contractor CCA had contracted with the federal Bureau of Prisons to operate a federal correctional ...
and Jacqueline Overturf, were being held at the Brush Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by GRW Corp., when they were sexually assaulted by prison guard Russell E. Rollison. They filed a lawsuit ...
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
Billionaire-Funded California Voter Initiative Triples Lifer Parole Denial Intervals, Imposes Restrictions on Parole Violators by Billionaire-Funded California Voter Initiative Triples Lifer Parole Denial Intervals, Imposes Restrictions on Parole Violators In the November 2008 elections, California voters narrowly passed Proposition 9 by a 53 to 47% margin. Prop. 9 was a …
the operation of private prison companies that have such an inherent and pernicious profit motive? Meanwhile, the PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care facilities are still in business – albeit now ...
California County’s 2005 Purchase of Private Prison Still Clouded in Conflict of Interest Questions by Marvin Mentor California County’s 2005 Purchase of Private Prison Still Clouded ...
“available” administrative remedies. See: Purkey v. CCA, USDC, D. Kan., No. 03-3157-CM (Aug. 19, 2008) ...
Article • May 15, 2009
Terminal Incarceration by The short, sad lives of some detainees facing relatively minor charges end in jail. Here are three such cases. By Rob Jordan As she laid her head on her big sister's chest and listened to the heartbeats slow, Harolyn Frazier thought of opportunities lost. In the wake …
Private Prison Company Cleans Up Texas Creek, Finally Gets Prisoners by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In July 2008, Louisiana-based private prison company LCS Corrections Services agreed ...
Article • May 15, 2009 • from PLN May, 2009
of cast. The $75,000 settlement, to be paid by the jail’s mental health contractor, MHM, Inc., was termed a “cost of defense” settlement. See: Henderson v. Salt Lake County, USDC, D. Utah ...
did not have alternative remedies. Aside from those two cases, the Court has consistently refused to extend Bivens. Most recently, the Court declined to do so in Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko ...
Article • May 15, 2009
officials under Bivens.[177] In Sarro v. Cornell Corrections, Inc.,[178] the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled that a federal inmate could sue private prison officials under Bivens ...
of this allows the Obama administration to appear tough on criminal aliens. Private prison companies are happy to help. Bush's focus on identifying criminal aliens created a demand for bed space from ICE, which ...
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, CCA warden prisoner abuse, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ …
Ingram v. Turner et al, TN, Deposition - Turner, reporting misconduct, 2009 1 1 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE WESTERN DIVISION _________________________________________________________ 3 4 JAMES INGRAM, 5 PLAINTIFF, 6 vs. NO: 2:07-CV-02798-JDB-STA 7 GLEN TURNER, ET AL., 8 DEFENDANTS. _________________________________________________________ 9 10 …
to construct a private prison at Fort Greely, Alaska. After Fort Greely was slated for closing by a military base closing commission, Delta Corrections Group (DCG) made plans, in conjunction with the City ...
Court Halts Missouri Physician-Overseen Lethal Injection Execution; Blows Doctor’s Cover by A “secret” Missouri surgeon who has supervised 54 prisoner executions had his cover pulled and suffered immediate peer criticism, court restriction, and a media barrage. In tension were the Hippocratic Oath of doctors to sustain the life of their …
Former New Jersey Prison Social Worker Abuse Lawsuit Reinstated by A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower courts dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former prison health care worker. Angela Hoag was a licensed social worker employed by Correctional Medical Services, Inc. and worked at Southern State …
Article • April 15, 2009 • from PLN April, 2009
to reduce costs. The out-of-state transfers would save money because private prison companies typically charge less to house prisoners with their non-union work force. In New Hampshire, the governor’s ...
was medical director of Cermak Health Services from 1999 to 2003. He can’t quantify the outbreak, but says the initial number of cases was negligible and there was no increase in skin and soft-tissue ...
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